About Kosmograd Newsfeed

This is the latest version of the Kosmograd Newsfeed, which has been published since 2005 by Martin Gittins.

The main focus of the blog is architecture and the city, viewed through the lens of Soviet Constructivism, and encompassing themes such as branding and city self-image, Suprematism, disurbanism, space travel, edgelands, borders, landscapes, drosscapes, virtual realities, representations.

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The wisdom of satellites

As this photo shows, taken from the International Space Station in February 2003, there's a lot of light pollution in London. The M25 Orbital Motorway shows up particular brightly as a ribbon of light, encircling the city. There's not much chance of us seeing any of the celestial action so beautifully captured at Astronomy Picture of the Day.